I've had this camera for almost 2 years and today i uploaded my pictures to my computer and put the SD card back in to the slot and it kept saying no card. So i tried another card and it says the same thing. I've searched and searched and to find nothing. I've emailed canon and they said its out of warranty and that i need to either a) send it in to be repaired or b) trade mine in for a credit and buy a new one.

It seems to be so weird to be doing this, I've done the remove the batteries and check the SD card slot and to make sure its not locked, but to no luck it still doesn't work.

Please help please i use my camera everyday to upload pics of sewing projects i do on my blog and my family just can't afford to buy another SLR right now. Any helps will be appreciated.

Unless the details regarding the update explicitly state that it WILL NOT resolve the problem you're experiencing, one can argue that it's worth trying - firmware updates can sometimes have the unintended effect of resolving errors other than those they were made to fix.

Troubleshooting often involves trying unorthodox methods to resolve a problem.

On the firmware topic. Do you know of a way to update the firmware without an SD card? I am experiencing the same issue and while I would like to update it, there is not a published way of updating the firmware if the camera cannot see the card.

On the firmware topic. Do you know of a way to update the firmware without an SD card? I am experiencing the same issue and while I would like to update it, there is not a published way of updating the firmware if the camera cannot see the card.

Thanks

I'm not aware of one - I'd imagine only Canon's engineers are privy to such methods. Even if you update the firmware through EOS Utility with the camera connected to the computer via USB, you still need an SD card in the camera.